NEWS BY MAIL
GRIEVANCES OF THE NATAL SUFFERERS. THE BOER RESISTANCE TO THE OUTLANDERS. (Received May 30, 10.15 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. The steamer Waiwera, which has just arrived here, brought files of Cape papers to the sth May. The farmers, storekeepers, and other residents in Natal north of the Tugela River are up in arms against the action of the Invasion Enquiry Commission, which will only accept evidence regarding direct losses. At a meeting held in Ladysmith motions were carried in favour of an appeal to the Imperial Government for more generous treatment. A deadlock isthreatened, it being tacitly agreed that if the Commission declines to recognise what the united bodies consider right no more claims will be submitted until better terms are made. It was rumoured at Johannesburg that the Transvaal Government had discovered a scheme for blowing up the forts there and at Pretoria, and several arrests had been made. The Boer fanners are bitterly opposed to the foreign element pouring into the country. They say that even if they conquer the English they will have to fight other nations before securing absolute independence.
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Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 127, 30 May 1900, Page 5
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187NEWS BY MAIL Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 127, 30 May 1900, Page 5
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